| I'd
love to show you the original scan of this picture. But, for the
life of me I can't find it. It disappeared from the net as soon
as I discovered that I overwrote my copy with this version (hey, it happens).
The lower right corner is all that remains of the wretched image I began with. I haven't given up though: my quest to find the original continues. Vanished, as well, is any information about this rather prosperous looking gold miner. All I can recall is that his last name was Sharpe. That he struck it rich in the California gold fields in 1849, and retired with his fortune to San Francisco. Many photographers
of this period applied color to their monochrome pictures. Go
to the next page to see a modern way to do
this with Photoshop. ©
1999 by Gene Brawn |
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